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Crisis J 1957
STATE OF ARKANSAS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME --- GREETINGS:
WHEREAS: The Governor of the State of Arkansas is vested with the
authority to order to active duty the Militia of this State
in case of tumult, riot or breach of peace, or imminent
danger thereof; amd
WHEREAS: it has been made known to me, as Governor, from my sources,
that there is imminent danger of tumult, riot and breach of
the peace and the doing of violance to persons and property
in Pulaski County, ARkansas;
NW, THEREFORE, I Orval E. Faubus, Governor of the State of Arkansas, do
hereby proclaim that a state of emergency presently exists
and I do hereby order to active duty Major General Sherman T.
Clinger, the Adjutant General of Arkansas, the State Militia
units consisting of the Base Detachment at Adams Field and
the State Headquarters Detachment at Camp Robinson, and any
other units which may be necessary to accomplish the mission
of maintaining or restoring law and order and to preserve the
peace, health, safety and security of the citizens of Pulaski
County, Arkansas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set m hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State of Arkansas to be
affixed. Done in office in the City
of Little Rock this 2nd day of
September, 1957.
[Orval E. Faubus, signature]
GOVERNOR

Crisis J 1957
STATE OF ARKANSAS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME --- GREETINGS:
WHEREAS: The Governor of the State of Arkansas is vested with the
authority to order to active duty the Militia of this State
in case of tumult, riot or breach of peace, or imminent
danger thereof; amd
WHEREAS: it has been made known to me, as Governor, from my sources,
that there is imminent danger of tumult, riot and breach of
the peace and the doing of violance to persons and property
in Pulaski County, ARkansas;
NW, THEREFORE, I Orval E. Faubus, Governor of the State of Arkansas, do
hereby proclaim that a state of emergency presently exists
and I do hereby order to active duty Major General Sherman T.
Clinger, the Adjutant General of Arkansas, the State Militia
units consisting of the Base Detachment at Adams Field and
the State Headquarters Detachment at Camp Robinson, and any
other units which may be necessary to accomplish the mission
of maintaining or restoring law and order and to preserve the
peace, health, safety and security of the citizens of Pulaski
County, Arkansas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set m hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State of Arkansas to be
affixed. Done in office in the City
of Little Rock this 2nd day of
September, 1957.
[Orval E. Faubus, signature]
GOVERNOR

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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas